St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-11

personal expenses, including clothing.
Mrs. Overton will, upon her part, conduct
herself as faithful wife and watchtul
mother toward her husband and children; she
will administer the affairs of her household
with care and economy, and will treat her
husband with kindness and respect, and will
in all proper things comply with his reaSona-
bic wishes. Both of the parties are to have
ana occupy separate apartments, and the re-
lations OF man and wife shall exist only so far
as outward appearances require, and that 60
cohabltation as man and wife shall take
place
1t is further agreed that Mr.. Overton shall
pay for the travelling expenses of Mrs. Over
ton, coming to st. Paul from Maine amount
ing to $40, and her board bill at White Bear
lake 1T is also agreed that in case an oppor-
tunity occurs to sell the present homestead
at desirable figure, Mrs. Overton shall ioin
IN the deed, provided that good assurance is
given that the proceeds shall be invested for
the children in other property, and as long as
This agreement. Is carried out Mrs. Overton is
TO contract no debts in her own name or that
of Mr.. OVerton.
siono, J. B. OvERToN,
0'shea ANNIE P. OvERroN.
Mr.. Overton further charges her with at
tempting
TO POISON HIM
on Oct. H. Nov. and Nov. IS, 1886, and
That she kept i'll her possession a loaded re-
volver, and that fearing that she might do
some damage to herself or others, he locked
her up in suite Of apartments on the goth,
21st and 22d of last November. Mr.. Over
ton. Detective Donald c. Campbell, Detec-
tive j. r. Cleveland, and Dep
uty Sheriff Chapel all filed af
hdavits in opposing the motion
of defendant for alimony. They bring out
the developments in the case much clearer
and more coherent than verbal testimony.
and produce several interesting phases of
the case. In his affidavit Overton saws
that upon the discovery of the adulterous
relations between his wife and Gravius, in
the fall of 1885, he drove Gravius away
from his home and forbade him under pain
OF death never to enter it again.
The most important affidavit is that of
Donald c. Campbell, the man Detective
Cleveland employed to watch the move
ments of Mrs. Oyerton. Every date is
given, and the results of his watching clearly
given to the effect that he saw GraviuS enter
the Overton residence at early and late
hours in the night.
On the night of Nov. 10 he found Gravius
there. and when he entered the house,
Gravios ran out, leaving his coat, nat and
oyerShoes, and was captured by Officer
Palmer.
OVERTON TESTIFIES.
Mr.. OyertOn occupied the witness stand
all of yesterday forenoon. In brief his tes-
timony Oh examination by his attorney is as
follows:
Did not really know of the unfaithfulness
OF Mrs. Overton until Sept. IA, 1885. She has
not been as afectionate toward me for the
last two or three years. On Sept. IA she COM
mitted adultery with Charles Gravius The
first knew him he paid a social call to our
house Mrs. Overton introduced him to me-
She claimed to have knawn him at Taylor S
Falls. 1t was in the evening when he came
until IL p. m. When we lived on
Norris street, at Mrs. Overton's suggestion, I
allowed him to occupy a part of our house.
He is unmarried. He was taken as all in
mate at the suggestion of Mrs. Overton She
said we had vacant room and 1 might as
well let him have it. One time, when
came home and asked her to go out
for ride, she said she had
been far enough-had been out riding
with Mr.. Gravius. When l demonstrated
with her, she made passing remark, "Oh,
he never comes within ten feet of me-poor
little Dutchman." One night she and he
came home after l went to bed, they came
upstairs together. She looked into my
room, and though that / was asleep. Then
she went into his room, 1 became sus-
picious, and cut a hole in the car
pet, with the grain, about two inches
long, above corner of the register On
the evening of Sept. IA, 1885, she sent all the
children to bed. l had cut the hole so l could
look right down through the register to the
lounge below. Everything became still. /
looked through the hole and saw her with her
dress disarranged, and he was adjusting his
clothing. This was about week after she
went into Gravins' room. When I first saw
hflT m Nn6y h hot
KILLING THEM BOTH,
but the sight of the children made me desist
He put his arms around her and put his lips
to hers. On the register / found a thickness
of peper laid there to deaden the sound. /
told my troubles to friend. l said nothing
to my wife. l told her to never
speak, meyer look al, Deve bow to
Gravius. She said that was too much
to ask. told her TO leave the house then.
She then agreed to have nothing 10 do with
him. AT the suggestion of Mrs. Overton on
the 10th and 18th | started to Chi
cago on the 19th-ostensibly I started
to Chicago, but 1 only went as far as
Hudson, leaving on the As p. IN. train L
returned in the evening. had been feeling
alton, and Mrs. Overton had suggested that T
take trip to Chicago three or four days for
the benefit of my health. On the 10th saw
nothing. On the 20th entered my house at
1O:15 p. M, and from a light upstairs 1 sup
posed that Gravius was there, also on ac-
count of the way the boys bed was fixed.
passed the front door and put
my hand on the knob of the door
OF the room where Mrs. Overton was.
AT the same time she put her hand upon the
knob of the door. She opened it, and said:
'Oh my God! papa, I'll never do it again.
You may lock me in the room'' l went to
the front door, and there was Gravius run
ming away without hat, overshoes or over
coat. His hat and overcoat were on the
lounge, which was pulled q little way from
the wall The only light in the room came
from the CRATE. Mrs. Overton's night-gown
Officer Palmer's arms. She slept upstairs
that night. took possession of all her let
ters and pictures. ] said: ''Do you
now deny your guilt?' She replied:
Bah! Wouldn't you like to know" In d
conversation about her intentions as to mar
riage with Gravius she said
SHE WOULD MARRY HIM
as soon as she got divorce / ordered her
away, telling her that she was at liberty to go
when she pleased. She left Nov. 22.
After some little hitch between the law
yers, the agreement made in the presence
of G. d. Gilfillan was admitted in the ex-
animation. Mr.. Overton said the agree
ment had been mutually violated
Detective Cleveland testified to seeing
plaintiff scuffiing with his wife on the night
of Nov. 20: then he saw Gravius escaping
from the house. He went over much of the
ground already covered by his affidavit i'm
opposing the motion for alimony, as did
Cleveland in his testimony.
Miss Scheffer, school teacher. who
spent her vacation at White Bear, July and
August, 1856, and resided at Mrs. Chase's,
testified to seeing Mrs. Overton and
Gravius together very often during
July. Justus Nichols and Samuel Ii.
Nichols also testified to observing Gra-
vius and Mrs. Overton together upon a
hammock at Mr.. Overton's residence. OFF,
Ger Palmer identified Gravius as the man he